The Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.3/10(12 votes)

   #1 - Holiday Knights

   S1:E19/13/1997

   During the Christmas season, Harley and Poison Ivy lure Bruce into a hypnotic shopping spree while Joker threatens Gotham with a sonic bomb loud enough to deafen anyone within earshot of its explosion.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Paul Dini

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Paul Dini
2. 

   6.3/10(9 votes)

   #2 - Sins of the Father

   S1:E29/20/1997

   The origins of Tim Drake are traced, from street-tough and member of Two-Face's gang to the new Robin.

   Director:Curt Geda

   Writer:Rich Fogel

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   Director:Curt Geda

   Writer:Rich Fogel
3. 

   6.5/10(11 votes)

   #3 - Cold Comfort

   S1:E310/11/1997

   Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Hilary Bader

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Hilary Bader
4. 

   6.7/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Never Fear

   S1:E411/1/1997

   The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.

   Director:Kenji Hachizaki

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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   Director:Kenji Hachizaki

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz
5. 

   6.2/10(10 votes)

   #5 - You Scratch My Back

   S1:E511/15/1997

   In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.

   Directors:Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

   Writer:Hilary Bader

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   Directors:Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

   Writer:Hilary Bader
6. 

   6.9/10(10 votes)

   #6 - Double Talk

   S1:E611/22/1997

   Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.

   Director:Curt Geda

   Writer:Bob Goodman

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   Director:Curt Geda

   Writer:Bob Goodman
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7. 

   7.4/10(13 votes)

   #7 - Joker's Millions

   S1:E72/21/1998

   Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Paul Dini

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Paul Dini
8. 

   6.9/10(14 votes)

   #8 - Growing Pains

   S1:E82/28/1998

   Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.

   Director:Atsuko Tanaka

   Writers:Paul Dini, Bob Goodman

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   Director:Atsuko Tanaka

   Writers:Paul Dini, Bob Goodman
9. 

   6.5/10(11 votes)

   #9 - Mean Seasons

   S1:E94/25/1998

   Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".

   Director:Hiroyuki Aoyama

   Writer:Hilary Bader

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   Director:Hiroyuki Aoyama

   Writer:Hilary Bader
10. 

    5.5/10(11 votes)

    #10 - The Demon Within

    S1:E105/9/1998

    Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.

    Director:Atsuko Tanaka

    Writers:Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz

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    Director:Atsuko Tanaka

    Writers:Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz
11. 

    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Over the Edge

    S1:E115/23/1998

    During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.

    Director:Yuichiro Yano

    Writers:Paul Dini, Bruce Timm

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    Director:Yuichiro Yano

    Writers:Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
12. 

    6.1/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Torch Song

    S1:E126/13/1998

    A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.

    Director:Curt Geda

    Writer:Rich Fogel

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    Director:Curt Geda

    Writer:Rich Fogel
13. 

    5.4/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Love is a Croc

    S1:E137/11/1998

    Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Steve Gerber

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    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Steve Gerber